Brief: Get around for free on New Year’s Eve

You don‚Äôt have to be thanks to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which will be offering people free rides on buses and trains.

The free rides will be offered from 9 p.m. on New Year‚Äôs Eve to 2 a.m. New Year‚Äôs Day.

Metro rail will operate all night on New Year‚Äôs Eve to encourage safe travel and to get people to use public transit to the Rose Parade in Pasadena on Jan. 1, but the free fares will apply only until 2 a.m.

Metro and all Big Blue Buses will operate on a typical Sunday schedule on New Year‚Äôs Day.

For more information visit bigbluebus.com, www.metro.net or call (310) 451-5444.